Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-28
State AFFAIRS.
Full Text of the Bill Just Passed Gre
ating IaTrant County Sep
arate judicial District.
The Willis Case and the Appropriation
Bill the Important Measures to he
Acted on By the Senate.
Standing of the Conference Commtttee on
ths Amendments to the Senate
Substitute Land Bill
TARRANT COUNTY JUDICIAL BILL.

LARRANT COUNTY JUDICIAL BILL.
3eclal to the Gazette.
i AUSTIN, TEX, March 27.-The bill ere
atiGg Tarrant county separate judicial
district is now in the hands of the enroll
ing clerk. II provides for a c0art three
times q year, commencing the second
Tuesdays in January, May and Septem-
Der, and continuing in session until the
| business is disposed of, except the Nav
term, which closes the first of July, to
allow the court vacation during the hot
months of July and August. The bill
takes eject from and after its passage,
| out at the request Of Senator Jarvis the
| Governor will withhold his signature
until Wednesday next, or longer if de-
sired, to allow the present term of court
to transact as much business as possible
without interference by the passage of
the law.
LOCAL BILLS.
| The House occupied the time during
the evening session yesterday considering
and passing local bills, and the Senate
considered several House bills OF d local
nature. Both bodies adjourned at an
earlier hour than usual until Monday
morning at 10 O'Clock a. NJ.
COMMITTEES
| No business of any Importance was
| transacted by any OF the committees, ex-
cept the free conference committee on
| the House amendments to the Senate
substitute for Senator McDonsld's land
| bill, which provides for the sale of all
| lands heretofore or hereafter surveyed
and set apart for the benehJ
OF the common schools, the
University and the asylum, and the lease
II such LANDS and Of the publ: lands of
the state, and to prevent the free use,
occupancy, unIa1 fdl iBclOsure or unIaw-
ful appropriation of such lands, and to
prescribe and provide adequate penalties
therefor. The free conference committee
were composed Of Senators Nc
Donald, Houston, Terrell, Bell and
Barney. Tha members Il tae House
were Messrs. Moore Of Travis, Tate,
Payne, Johnson AID Browning. The com
mIttee STOOD six against and four for the
House amendments, which virtually
killed all the important amendments
adopted by that body, leaving the biz diff
tering OILY III some minor changes from
its wording Wnen it came from he senate.
GENERAL Apr "PRIATION BILL.
TIE Senate Will take up the general ap-
preparation bill as passed by tue House
curing the FIST part Of next week and, in
view If the fact that q similar bill has
already been considered by that body,
which has given them a familiarity with
the items contained in the House bill, not
much time Will be consumed in its con-
siterstiOl.
THE JUDGE WILLIS SPECIAL COMMITTEE.
1t Is understood that the public printer
will have all the evidence in the Judge
Willis csee III printed form by Tuesday or
Wednesday at the 'urthest, and the COM
mittee will then report 10 the Senate, and
the case Will be disposed of by the end of
next week.
NO MORE BILLS.
1t is now conceded that the time for
introducing new bills has passed and that
mona but the most imp0rtaHi bis will
receive any attention from the Legisla-
ture during the few remaining days before
adjournment